Victory

Well now Denver fans. That was a pretty good game wasn’t it? Even we here at LPP only have so much to say regarding the Monday Night victory in Denver. Jay Cutler did well, the special teams did well, and the defense actually held up. If they could do this every week, maybe we could get somewhere, though we still saw Jay running for his life on a few plays when the O-Line crumbled. What are we going to criticize this week? Not much. Thanksgiving is here, and why do you think Cutler’s doing so well all of a sudden? It’s that time of the year when Pumpkin Pie is a primary menu item around the USA!

The Broncos can take control of their destiny. The Bears are falling apart, the Raiders are about as bad as a year ago, Kansas City is playing with 1/3 of an offense, Houston isn’t ready to step up this year, and Minnesota revolves around one injured rookie. That’s right, the rest of the schedule is CREAM PUFF TEAMS except for one game; unfortunately it’s in San Diego. If the Broncos can figure out the Chargers before Christmas Eve, they’re golden. If not, no playoffs and mediocre draft positioning.

Thanks to the morons running the Chargers, the Broncos are getting the one-or-two-years-early gift of AFC West contention because of a simple fact: the winner of the terrible AFC West will be the worst team in the playoffs. Now, while that’s not much to brag about, it does at least mean an extra paycheck for the roster should they make it to the first round. Granted, a lot of fans last year were saying they’d “rather miss the playoffs and have Cutler in there learning, because with Plummer they’d just get embarrassed in the first round.”

That’s not an exaggeration. A lot of people actually said that.

Now, despite the fact that this current team stands about as much chance to beat New England as LetPlummerPlay.com stands to beat Google in unique views, people are getting psyched about the playoffs again. Well, if you threw in the towel last year out of “pre-embarrassment,” and are now rooting for the Broncos based on their 5% chance of a miracle, SUCK OUR FAT ONES. Don’t call US phony fans (happens a lot) if you were “glad” the Broncos missed the postseason in 2006 but are hyping 2007. Do we hope they make the playoffs? Yes. Hell yes. Say anything you want about our criticisms of people, decisions, and plays, we bleed orange and blue around here. A week of NFL football without a Broncos game is like an empty Pumpkin Pie tin on Thanksgiving—it just ain’t right!

But now is not the time to attack our allies, even the ones we disagree with. Happy Thanksgiving to all Denver fans--even the ones who hate our guts for speaking the truth when nobody wants to listen.

We give thanks for steady paychecks, a full belly, the NFL, for Pumpkin Pie managing to not get killed despite Shanahan’s crappy O-Line schemes, and for 10 years of getting to watch two NFL teams...

LET PLUMMER PLAY!!!